Five Players Above Cristiano Ronaldo with 700 More Goals

DBasia.news –  Portugal national team won 3-0 over Luxembourg in the 2020 European Championship Qualification continued match. Winger Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo, approached a special score: 700 goals.

Compete at Estadio Jose Avalade on Saturday (12/10) early morning Western Indonesian Time, Portugal won 3-0 via goals from Bernardo Silva (16′), Cristiano Ronaldo (65′), and Goncalo Guedes (89′). Portugal now ranks second in the group standings with 11 points, five points adrift of Ukraine in the first place. 

Ronaldo, 34, scored his 94th goal for the Portugal national team. But for goals in his professional career, there are differences between the media and the public. Some believe that Ronaldo has scored 700 goals, some think Ronaldo is still lacking one goal (699 goals).

The difference happened because of one goal. Real Madrid’s official website assesses Ronaldo has scored 451 goals while leading European media rates Ronaldo scoring 450 goals. Whatever it is doesn’t matter. Ronaldo is certainly more concerned with collective interests.

Apart from the 699 debate or 700 goals, currently above Ronaldo, five legendary players have scored more than 700 goals (all of them retired). Quoted from Marca, the five players are Josef Biscan (805 goals), Pele (779 goals), Romario (748 goals), Ferenc Puskas (709 goals), and Gerd Muller (701 goals).

Most realistic for now Ronaldo through nicks Gerd Muller (German legend) and Ferenc Puskas (Hungarian legend). Ronaldo scored a total of five goals from 31 matches with Sporting Lisbon, 118 goals from 292 matches with Manchester United, 450 goals from 438 matches with Madrid, and 32 goals from 51 matches with Juventus.

Rival Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, scored 668 goals in 823 matches: accumulation with Barcelona and the Argentine national team. Excellent two years younger, Messi has the chance to pass Ronaldo’s goal incision if he can continue to maintain his consistency.